Sucking wind

The serious David Broder is at it again, this time on President Obama's "dithering" (thanks for taking your cue from Dick Cheney, Mr. Broder) on a "decision" for Afghanistan troops:

It is evident from the length of this deliberative process and from the flood of leaks that have emerged from Kabul and Washington that the perfect course of action does not exist. Given that reality, the urgent necessity is to make a decision -- whether or not it is right.

Just to be clear here: a wrong decision, according to Broder, is better than no "decision." Apparently, it is impossible for The Dean to understand that not making a decision is a decision in itself, and that that perhaps all of the alternatives to current policy are substantially worse than where we are now at. Or that not making a tragic mistake with the lives of American troops is of some value. Consequences don't matter. Our soldiers are just numbers, and Afghanis, not even that.

Meanwhile, Colin Powell is saying something quite different from the so, so sober Broder:

This is a very difficult one for him. And it isn’t just a one-time decision. This is the decision that will have consequences for the better part of his administration. So Mr. President, don’t get pushed by the left to do nothing; don’t get pushed by the right to do everything. You take your time and you figure it out. You’re the commander-in-chief and this is what you were elected for.

Broder wants a cowboy as President again.

But America did not.

That's why we elected Barack Obama.